Drag Me to Hell (2009)

Release date: 2009-05-29
Country: USA
Language: English|Spanish|Hungarian|Czech
Director: Sam Raimi
Production Co: Universal Pictures, Ghost House Pictures, Buckaroo Entertainment
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Rating: 6.5/10
Length: 1h 39min

Storyline

Christine Brown is a loan officer at a bank but is worried about her lot in life. She's in competition with a competent colleague for an assistant manager position and isn't too sure about her status with a boyfriend. Worried that her boss will think less of her if she shows weakness, she refuses a time extension on a loan to an old woman, Mrs. Ganush, who now faces foreclosure and the loss of her house. In retaliation, the old woman place a curse on her which, she subsequently learns, will result in her being taken to hell in a few days time. With the help of a psychic, she tries to rid herself of the demon, but faces several hurdles in the attempt.

Plot Keywords

surprise ending, closing eyes of dead person, falling from height, skepticism, rich family, poltergeist, medium, breaking a car window, mortgage, jewelry, graveyard, year 1969, death of child, levitation, psychic, evil, fight, psychologist, hell, demon

Short Review

When violence appears in Raimi's Drag Me to Hell, it's not meant to be real, often it's hilarious, and what Raimi tries to show is what is going on in the mind of his principal character.